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Topic: What character trait do you most admire in people?
Tresopax
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posted August 29, 2005 10:52 PM
Understanding.
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kojabu
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posted August 29, 2005 10:57 PM
Respect as well.
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MrSquicky
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posted August 29, 2005 10:59 PM
Big boobs. Ok, that's not really true. They don't have to be big, just well formed.
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aiua
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posted August 29, 2005 11:05 PM
Respectful/Intelligent humor.
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Fusiachi
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posted August 29, 2005 11:07 PM
Sincerity.
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Treason
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posted August 29, 2005 11:09 PM
Sincerity
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Treason
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posted August 29, 2005 11:10 PM
! Fusiachi beat me! lol
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quidscribis
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posted August 29, 2005 11:15 PM
What, there can be only one?
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jexx
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posted August 29, 2005 11:15 PM
Being comfortable in their own skin--regardless how wrinkled it is. I'm still working on being comfortable with myself. Do you think it is true that the traits one most admires in others are the traits one is striving for oneself? *penalties for overuse of the 'pretentious pronoun'*
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Jeni
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posted August 29, 2005 11:25 PM
Bravery
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camus
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posted August 29, 2005 11:29 PM
integrity to self, to beliefs, and to the ones that are precious to us.
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pfresh85
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posted August 29, 2005 11:32 PM
I'd say a tie between honesty and integrity (mainly because there's a link of sorts between the two).
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lem
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posted August 29, 2005 11:32 PM
SO, Fusiachi and Treason, does that mean you admire MrSquicky the most?
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Tante Shvester
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posted August 29, 2005 11:34 PM
I think it means that Squicky admires ME the most...
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Treason
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posted August 29, 2005 11:40 PM
You wish Tante! It's ME he admires most! (Don't click on that if you don't want to see my cleavage)
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Kitsune
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posted August 29, 2005 11:42 PM
Understand ftw. A person needs to understand the situation in order to respect, be kind and sincere, blah blah.
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Tante Shvester
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posted August 29, 2005 11:45 PM
quote: Originally posted by Treason: You wish Tante! It's ME he admires most! Very impressive, my dear. But I can't post my impressive rack on the 'rack -- my camera doesn't have the wide-angle lens required.
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camus
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posted August 29, 2005 11:47 PM
quote: (Don't click on that if you don't want to see my cleavage) ...to see your ability to split apart? I suppose that can be a character trait.
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imogen
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posted August 29, 2005 11:49 PM
Thought for others. (Squicky likes *me*. I bought some new bras on the weekend. 12E ! Where do they get off being an E cup?!?)
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Goo Boy
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posted August 29, 2005 11:49 PM
Integrity.
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Frisco
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posted August 29, 2005 11:52 PM
This is the sort of pissing contest I'd like to see continue.
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Tante Shvester
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posted August 29, 2005 11:54 PM
I put the "rack" in "Hatrack". <puffs chest out boastfully>
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camus
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posted August 29, 2005 11:54 PM
What about me? I have an XXL Mansiere. Okay, maybe I don't, but I still want MrSquicky to like me.
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imogen
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posted August 29, 2005 11:55 PM
You're lucky Ralphie isn't around anymore to fight your claim.
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Frisco
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posted August 29, 2005 11:56 PM
quote: I put the "rack" in "Hatrack". You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts.
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imogen
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posted August 29, 2005 11:56 PM
Having just re-read my post, I should qualify that "Thought for others" is the character trait I most admire in other people. I did not mean to suggest that my breasts should be a thought for others.
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Tante Shvester
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posted August 29, 2005 11:57 PM
quote: Originally posted by Frisco: You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts. I won't live until the end of the week?
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Treason
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posted August 29, 2005 11:59 PM
imogen, that's what I thought you meant! Tante- spelling edit.
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imogen
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posted August 30, 2005 12:00 AM
Tante, you've almost beat me! And I joined... 22 months before you. Aren't your fingers tired?
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imogen
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posted August 30, 2005 12:04 AM
*proper I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about
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The Reader
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posted August 30, 2005 12:04 AM
Respect. From my experiences, real respect for others shows that the person probably is honest and has integrity too.
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Tante Shvester
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posted August 30, 2005 12:05 AM
Hey! Way to derail a high-minded thread! <-- High Five!
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Treason
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posted August 30, 2005 12:06 AM
Whoops...
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imogen
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posted August 30, 2005 01:03 AM
I guess I could substitute compassion for "thought for others". I think it's more or less what I mean.
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The Reader
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posted August 30, 2005 01:11 AM
Originally posted by Tante quote: Onanism? Is that a good character trait, or the result of one?
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lem
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posted August 30, 2005 08:29 AM
quote: Hey! Way to derail a high-minded thread! [Wave] <-- High Five! And here I was about to suggest we needed more pictorial examples.
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Kwea
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posted August 30, 2005 08:45 AM
Of onanism? You are sick.
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mackillian
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posted August 30, 2005 09:55 AM
quote: You let Ralphie hear you using her line, you'll never live to see 3000 posts.
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Olivet
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posted August 30, 2005 10:06 AM
Brilliance. Even if they're a bastard.
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Anna
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posted August 30, 2005 10:10 AM
I don't have a word for this. The capacity to empathize with people, but to stay yourself at the same time.
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